Drunken Dilemma
A BB/Rae Fic
September 15th.
Raven had switched with her Affectionate Side, giving her the task of breaking the news to Beast Boy.
'Affectionate' Raven, now outside of Raven's mind, was looking in a nearby mirror, making sure her hair was completely like her blue counterpart.
"Now to get this monotone thing down…" she said, as cleared her throat.
"Uh, Hi." She tested, trying to go monotone whilst doing her best Blue Raven impression, but ultimately failing.
"Hmm… not as simple as I thought."
She cleared her throat again, and tried once more.
"I hate everything." She tried again, and this time, getting the monotone straight on.
"Yes!" she exclaimed in non-monotone, as suddenly a knock came from the door, causing Raven to look sideways quickly.
She swiftly floated over to the door, and opened it.
Beast Boy jumped back, surprised at her door flying open so quickly.
There stood Affectionate Raven, in the true Raven's attire, eying Beast Boy steadily. She thought to herself, "No emotion, no emotion."
Meanwhile, back in Raven's head, those words echoed. The true Blue Raven in Affection's purple cloak sighed, and muttered, "This was a really bad idea."
Her Logical Self, the Yellow Raven, spoke up all of a sudden.
"No, actually, it wasn't. Affectionate has more relationship experience than you do." Logic told her, as Raven shrugged. "I guess." She replied, as Happy Raven glanced at her.
"Blue, how come I feel like I have more control now?" Happy Raven asked her, as Raven looked stressed. "What did I tell you about calling me Blue?"
"Ok, fine, Raven, how come I feel like you're suddenly losing resistance to me?" Happy asked, as Raven shrugged.
Logic went into thought, then snapped her fingers. "Mood swings!" she shouted, as both Happy Raven and regular Raven said in symphony, "What?"
"Uh, you know, it happens during pregnancies." Logic told them, mainly regular Raven.
"So… what does that mean for me?" the regular Raven asked.
"Uh, well… these next 8 days will probably be the nicest you've ever been." Logic said blatantly, as Raven looked shocked.
Happy giggled loudly, as Raven glared. "So THAT's why I'm feeling more control! Since you've having a baby, you're becoming nicer!" Happy boasted loudly, and then bursting into laughter.
"You know what? When I get out of here, you're all through. I don't need emotions. I don't need stress. I don't need-" Raven began, and then suddenly she felt herself thrown aside.
"No!" Logic shouted, as the red Raven, rage, split from the regular Raven, who was flat on the ground.
"Her pregnancy may be the best time for me yet!" Rage yelled in her demonic undertone, as suddenly a fury-filled voice shouted, "NO!"
As Red's four eyes glanced sideways, Green Raven, the brave side of her, flew down with a flying kick. All that she got was a face full of dirt, as Rage cast her hand out and slammed her into the rock.
"Did you really think you had a chance?" Red Raven taunted, then turning to blue Raven, groaning and getting up. "You know… maybe I should cause a little miscarriage."
The regular Raven's eyes widened upon hearing that gesture, and she stood up quickly enough to intimidate her own Rage fully Evil side.
"YOU WILL NOT HARM MY BABY!" Raven shouted, and cast the Red Raven back into a stone wall, right past Happy and Logic, who began cheering her on.
"Go girl!" Happy shouted, as Logic said, "Aim for the nose, it's breakable, remember?"
Blue Raven snarled, and raised her fist back. "Good idea." She said icily, and landed a fist right to her Rage's nose.
"So, uh… what's new?" Affection Raven asked Beast Boy, keeping a good emotionless monotone.
"Uh… nothing… I just wanted to- Ok, Raven, I'll just get down to it. I'm sorry, but-…" Beast Boy began quickly, as Raven quickly cut him off.
"Whoa, it's like, 5 AM. Take a chill pill." She said, keeping the falsetto monotone up quite nicely.
"Raven… I-… I'm sorry if this hurts you." Beast Boy said, and then drew her close.
"OH MY GOD, SHE WAS RIGHT! HE IS A GOOD KISSER!" suddenly Affection's voice rang out in Raven's mind, causing every single side of her, even Rage, to look up in surprise.
"Did he-" Logic began, as Happy cut her off, suddenly staring dreamily up above.
"Oh yes he did…" Happy whispered, and fell over dreamily.
"Yo, Robin, chill out, man!" Cyborg pleaded, as Robin was using Cyborg's steel titanium abdomen as a punching bag.
Once Robin was done, he smirked.
"Sorry, Cyborg, I had to do it." Robin said, and turned back around and landed a clean round-house-kick to the nearby real punching bag.
"Man, I know it's morning endurance, but sheesh, you almost put dents in my frame." Cyborg responded, rubbing his abdomen, as Starfire flew down from above.
"Did I miss the endurance?" Starfire asked, as Cyborg chuckled and Robin groaned.
"Remember, we have to take turns. Star, Robin's next." Cyborg told her, grinning at the fact Robin was getting some of his own medicine.
"Ok, just please, don't hit me so hard- OOF!" Robin went, as Starfire went forward and landed a clean slap right to his cheek.
"Will that suffice?" Starfire asked, as Robin hit the floor hard, his cheek red from the strike.
"Uh, Star, you're his girlfriend since Tokyo, right?" Cyborg asked, still a bit surprised by her strike on Robin.
"Yes… what does that have to do with any thing?" Starfire asked, confused, as Cyborg looked a bit withdrawn.
"Well, Uh… Star… usually, on this planet… if your girlfriend slaps you, it means she hates you for something." Cyborg told her, as Starfire gasped.
She immediately bent down and hugged Robin crushingly, and exclaimed, "Oh, Robin, I did not mean any harm, and I most certainly do not hate you for some thing at all in any place or location!"
Cyborg scratched his head, as Robin grumbled, his face blue. "Star… it's… fine… now I need… air…"
Starfire immediately went 'Eep!' and let him drop softly, and covered her mouth.
Robin wheezed, and got up solidly, and looked at her calmly.
"Can we work on the hugs a bit?" Robin said with a smirk, as she smiled and nodded. "Alright, you know where I'll be if you need me." Robin told them, and made way back up to the main level.
Beast Boy and 'Affection' Raven in blue colors both stood speechless. Affection simply passed out with infatuation, as suddenly behind her in the room, with a blue flash and a bolt from the mirror, the regular Raven in her affectionate side's purple cloak and with her affectionate side's purple eyes appeared.
She cast her hand out, switching both of them back to their regular colors. Now the Raven passed out beside Beast Boy was purple, and Raven herself was Blue again.
"Wha…?" Beast Boy asked, as Raven carefully approached him, and stepped over her purple side.
"Beast Boy… I need to tell you… something…" she said softly, as she cast the affectionate part of her back into her mind.
"W-What is it?" Beast Boy stammered, backing up a step or two.
"… I'm… I'm…" she began, and hesitated for what felt like an hour… for both of them.
"I'm pregnant, Beast Boy."
Beast Boy's eyes widened and bugged out, and he began to spasm. "Are… you… we're… they… I'm… A…… we're… I-I… uh…" he stuttered, as finally he got some words.
"Are you sure?" he asked foolishly, as Raven sighed. "Yes, Beast Boy, I'm sure."
"So… you're… having… my baby…?" he asked, almost speechless.
"Yes … And… I sort of… tried a spell… to help me feel better… and… now it'll be over with… in only a week." She replied timidly, as Beast Boy's peak-shock expression peaked over its own peak.
"ONLY 7 DAYS?!"
"Raven!" Starfire shouted later on, outside of Raven's bedroom door. She swooped over and opened it, and in flew Starfire with a pencil and a piece of paper.
"I have done the math, and every day you will be 6 weeks more into being pregnant!" Starfire told her gleefully, as Raven twitched.
"That means… I'm already 6 weeks in?" Raven asked, as Starfire nodded.
"And by my calculations… tonight it will be 12 weeks, and then the next night, 18, then 24," Starfire began, going down her paper full of the math she'd been doing, "then 30, then 36, and then you will deliver!"
Raven simply stared, trying to take it all in.
"Ooo, and I also found pictures of the change in your bodily shape! Today, there should be a minor lump. And then-" Starfire began, but Raven simply held up her hand and cut her off.
"Starfire, I get it. Now, please, that's enough." Raven said, as Starfire got the body language her friend was telling her, and flew out of the room. "Best of luck!" she exclaimed before exiting.
Raven simply sighed, and then looked down at her stomach, which was covered by that black latex she'd been wearing for such a long time.
She felt her stomach, and felt the 'minor lump' there.
"Dudes…" Beast Boy spoke aloud, in the middle of a team lunch in the main room, the exception being Raven.
"I… need to tell you something about Raven." Beast Boy said, as Robin paused in the middle of eating a frosted donut, Cyborg stopped eating a large steak, and Starfire stopped in the middle of indulging on a mustard-covered mound of strawberry Jell-O, all of them paying attention.
"She's… pregnant." He said, as the Titans assumed their normal reactions.
Starfire quickly glanced aside to her teammates, keeping her head lowered facing the mustard pile, carefully watching the others react, because, after all… She already knew.
Robin simply froze stiff and his eyes bugged out a bit, as Cyborg had the most dramatic expression, his mouth gaping and his mind boggled.
An awkward silence consumed the air around the lunch table, as time seemed to simply stand still. They finally continued on with eating, Beast Boy barely touching his tofu bacon until a gesture by Starfire that 'Raven would want him to eat' that got him going.
There wasn't much activity for the rest of the day. No villains needing thwarting, no robbers needing catching. Just a simple day in southern California.
For some, at least.
